#38155D#38155D

#38155D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.121 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38155D
RGB	rgb(56, 21, 93)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.8%, 77.4%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.34, 32.67, -36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.34, 48.73, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(29.34% 0.0629 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(29.34% 0.121 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.8744, 2.1674, 10.5680)
Luminance	0.0217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38155D #3A5D15

analogous

#15165D #38155D #5C155D

triadic

#38155D #5D3815 #155D38

tetradic

#38155D #5D1516 #3A5D15 #155D5C

square

#38155D #5D1516 #3A5D15 #155D5C

split-complementary

#38155D #5D5C15 #165D15

monochromatic

#0F0619 #1A0A2B #38155D #56208F #742CC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.65

#38155D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#38155D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38155D

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38155D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38155D	1.00	14.65	1.43	14.65
#FFFFFF	14.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00285C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#302737

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38155d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 21, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.121 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73568b',
    500: '#38155d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38155d;
$custom-light: #73568b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38155d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.167,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29339,
    "c": 0.12076,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38155D

secondary

#689439

accent

#E64296

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #38155D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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